Bundle-wrapper.



K: B. TUDOR.

BUNDLE WRAPPER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 21, 1913.

1,128,388. Patented Feb. 16, 1915.

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KATE. B. TUDOR, 0F LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY.

BUNDLE-WRAPPER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, KATE BTUDOR, a citizen of the United States,residing at Lexington, in the county of Fayette and State of Kentucky,have invented new and useful Improvements in Bundle-Wrappers, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to bundle wrappers and one of the principalobjects of the invention is to provide a device of this character whichis so constructed that when the tying string is pulled upon the blankwill he completely folded.

A. further object of the invention is to provide a package wrapper whichmay be utilized for shipping merchandise and sinnlar material throughparcel post or which may be utilized as a candy or lunch wrapper andconveniently folded or unfolded by manipulation of the supporting ortying cord or ribbon.

A further object of the invention is to provide a wrapper of thischaracter which may be utilized as a lunch or candy wraper with means tosupport the same around a childs neck and which is so constructed thatit may be opened without moving the same, so that access may be had tothe interior of the wrapper.

Further objects of the invention will appear as the followingdescription is read in connection with the accompanying drawing, whichforms part of this application and in which Figure 1 is an elevation ofthe outside of a blank. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the inside of theblank. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the device folded and shown in aposition to be used as a childs lunch or candy wrapper. Fig. 4 is afront elevation showing the device arranged for parcel post or similarshipment. Fig. 5 is a perspective view looking from the rear of thewraper. Fig. 6 is a fragmentary view of the front of the wrapper showingin perspective a modified form of catch.

In the specific embodiment of the invention as illustrated herein thebody of the device is constructed of a single blank having front andrear portions 1 and 2 connected together by a bottom piece 3. The frontand back portions are provided with side flaps at and 5, while the frontportion is provided with a top flap 6 and the rear portion with a topflap 7. The flaps have tongues 8 foldable at their upper ends andadapted to Specification of Letters Patent.

seat beneath the top flap 6 and the top flap 7 Patented Feb. 16, 1915.

Application filed June 21, 1913. Serial No. 775,076.

when folded in the position shown in Figs.

i and 5. The top flap 7 has its corners folded over, as shown at 9, andpassing through the folded corners from the outside to the inside is aribbon, tape or other flexible element 1.0 which passes throughapertures 11 in the rear piece 2 and across the back and flapsel and isconnected to the latter flaps by passing through apertures 12 arrangedtherein. The bottom piece is also provided with side fiaps 13, as shown,which fold inwardly and lie upon the inside of the flaps 5 when thewrapper is folded.

By reference ,to Fig. 2 of the drawings it will be noted that the endsof the tape or cord 10 are knotted or otherwise secured upon the innerfaces of the side flaps 4: near the outer lower corners thereof. Byreference to Fig. 1 of the drawings it will be noted that theoppositestrands of the tape are directed at an inward angle from the apertures12 to the apertures 11 and that the said apertures 11 are arrangedadjacent the outer corners of the rear portion 12 of the vshank. Thus itwill be noted that the said loop when the blank is in the positionangularly disposed in Figs. 1 or 2, the strands will first fold thefront 1 'upon the bottom 3 at the same time drawing the side 'flaps 1inwardly toward the front 1, and

the said strands passing over the side flaps will also force theminwardly at a right angle to the bottom 3, and likewise the side flaps 5will be folded at a right angle to the rear 2 and as a consequencebetween the end flaps 13 and the side flaps 4:. This operation bringsthe device to the position illustrated in Fig. 8, except that the topflap 6 and the tongues 8 are not folded inwardly as is illustratedtongues are positioned to be arranged between the side fiaps 4 and 5, sothat in reality the top flap 6 forms the top proper for the box and thesame may be folded outwardly upon its fold line on the front 1. When thetop flap 6 is folded to the posicorners of the said side in the saidFig. 3, but the tion illustrated in Fig. 3, the corners 4 willnecessarily have their lower edges contact with the upper face adjacentthe free edge of the top flap 6 and these corners form a latch for thesaid top flap 6. With such an arrangement the loop of the fiexibleelement may serve as a means for suspending the carton from the clothesof the owner and the top flap 6 may be swung to an open orclosedposition at will so that access may be had to the contents of thecarton or wrapper. When it is desired to secure the flap 7 in closedposition over the flap 6, the looped portion of the flexible member maybe brought. around the box as illustrated in Fig. 5 and may be connectedby a spring heart-shaped or triangular member 14, as shown in Fig. 3, orthe outer edge of the flap 7 Y may be provided with slits which form atongue to receive the end of the loop, as shown in Fig. 6. Still again,and as illustrated in Fig. 3, the flap 7 may be provided with a flexibleelement which may engage with the spring member 14 in which instance thelooped portion of the flexible member 10 serves as a handle for thedevice v When the wrapper is folded the fiaps13 are folded inwardly. Theflaps 5 are then folded at right angles to the part 2 over the" flaps18, the part 2 being turned at right angles to the bottom 3. The part 1is folded atright angles to the part 3 and the part 4 folded at rightangles to the part 1 overthepart 5. The tongues 8 are then turnedinwardly and the top flap folded over them, The flexible element is thendrawn ,taut which holds the wrapper in folded position and forms anextended loop which may be used to hang the wrapper upon, as vwill bereadily understood, the flexible element being adaptedto support thewrapper around a childs neck, upon a Christmas tree or to serve as ahandle for carrying the wrapper.

When the device isfused. for shipping packages the looped end of theflexible element is carried around the wrapper and engaged with a heartor triangular-shaped member 14: pivoted to the front 1 or it may beengaged beneath the tongue, as shown in the modification shown in Fig.6.

If desired, suitable eyelets orhollow rivet members may be placed in theapertures so as to reinforce the material of which the wrapper is made.

What is claimed is A package wrapper formed from a box blank whichincludes a front and a rear of similar proportions, and a bottomconnecting the front and rear, side flaps upon the front, rear andbottom, a top flap for the front, a top flap for the rear, said top flapbeing of a width equaling that of the rear and having foldable corners,a flexible element or cord connected through the side flaps of the frontarranged angularly over the side flaps of the bottom and rear andpassing through openings in the rear portions adjacent the foldablecorners of its top flap, the said flexible element being ex tendedangularly to the edges of the blank providedby the ends of the side flapof the rear portion and the outer edges of the foldable corners, overthe foldable corners and through orifices in the same and thence throughorifices in the top flap adjacent the corners and terminating in a loopwhereby, when a pull is exerted upon the said loop, the front and rearportions will be folded at right angles to the bottom, said side flapswill be folded at right angles to the respective portions to which theyare at tached, and the corners folded against the top flap over the rearportionto provide retaining members for the top flap of the frontportion when the said top flap of the front portion is folded over thetop flap of the rear portion.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

KATE B. TUDOR. Witnesses:

LIBERTY GREEN, Bnssm RLl AIN GREEN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Gommissiener of Patents.

' Washington, D. 0.

